Jul 19, 2021
7 min read
Fuel Can’t Take Us to the Stars but We Can Still Conquer Them
It’s not rocket science
Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 captured our imagination when it reached the edge of the Solar System in 2012, but it will take another 40,000 years to arrive at the closest star, traveling 35,000 miles per hour.
Understanding why this is requires that we delve into the most overlooked fact about…
